Report documents how cyber threats are becoming a low-cost tool for intelligence gathering.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- May 01, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft announced last month that support for Intel Itanium processors will be phased out for Windows Server, SQL Server and Visual Studio -- ending the Microsoft era of multi-architecture support in server processors.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The market for venture money appears to have bottomed out, but VCs remain cautious.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- May 01, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft voiced support for the H.264 video codec in future versions of Internet Explorer, while affirming Adobe Flash.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 30, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft issued a security advisory on Thursday for a vulnerability in two SharePoint products.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- April 30, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A study found that 44 percent of surveyed orgs plan to migrate to Microsoft Exchange 2010 in the next 18 months.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 29, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft and HTC signed a patent deal involving HTC's mobile smartphones running the open source Android operating system.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 28, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Hewlett-Packard Co. said today it has agreed to acquire Palm Inc., credited with creating the smart-phone, for $1.2 billion.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- April 28, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Tuesday announced the launch of Windows Embedded Standard 7 at the Embedded Systems Conference in San Jose, Calif.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 27, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft is preparing a security update in June for the IE XSS filter in Internet Explorer 8. 
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- April 27, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft today released an updated critical fix for Windows Media Services on Windows 2000 Server.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- April 27, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Windows security holes have declined in the last year by 8.4 percent, according to a new Microsoft report.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- April 26, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    On Monday, Microsoft announced that a beta of its second-generation Windows Home Server solution can now be accessed.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 26, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Small-to-medium businesses (SBMs) trying to assess if older applications will run on Windows 7 Professional edition can take advantage of a free online remediation service.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 26, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Upcoming federated ID management technology promises to improve authentication across both server and cloud. 
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- April 23, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Subscribers to Microsoft's IT professional services got access to Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 yesterday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 23, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft today announced "record" overall revenue of $14.5 billion in its fiscal third quarter.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 22, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Thousands of enterprise PCs running Windows XP crashed yesterday after a McAfee antivirus update was applied.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- April 22, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    It may not be Tony Soprano on the Web, but a new security report finds that wise-guy hackers have become increasingly organized.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- April 21, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft today announced that SQL Server 2008 R2 has achieved release-to-manufacturing status and will be released in May worldwide.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 21, 2010